eyemarks

Noun

eyemark (plural eyemarks)

1. Something that is eye-catching; a landmark or spectacle.
   • An eyemark and the country's core, Inspirer, prophet evermore;1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Monadnoc
2. A visual basis of comparison.
   • The new comer was right eager to know who of the townspeople might follow such laudable ways, and therefore he taketh an eyemark against the lifting day-brow, both of his growth and the manner of attire he wore, that he might rather know him if he should happen to see him afterwards.1885, John Morris, The Life and Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
3. A mark around or near the eye.
   • In Hindostan the L. cristatus occurs in winter chiefly, being of a browner plumage, with indistinct eyemark; this will probably be the typical L. phoenicurus of Pallas, finding its summer resort in Siberia1863, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832).
4. A marking that resembles an eye.
   • while the front wings, with waved lining of colors similar to those of the other pair, bore near the edge an eyemark of darkest brown bordered with white.1901, The American Primary Teacher - Volume 25, page 56
5. The focal point of the eye; the point on which the eye is focused.
   • Produced by NAC Inc. (Japan), it shows the subject's eyemark as a spot superimposed on the entire field of view being observed or recorded. From these records, analyses can be made on time history of the eyemark, timing of eye fixation, direction and distance of eye movement under stimuli, relative...1968, Instrumentation Technology - Volume 15, page 14